Part of ash  genus Fraxinus in ash / lilac / olive  family Oleaceae.

Native to 🇺🇸 USA's Midwest, Ohio Valley and 🗻︎ Appalachia, and a bit into the Great Plains and very-southern 🇨🇦 Canada.  🗺 Map by county (🇺🇸 USA-48), 🗺 map (North America, Central America),  Adobe Acrobat Reader file 🗺 today + with climate change (eastern 🇺🇸 USA).

Formerly abundant, in much of its range, this tree (along with other native ash trees), with stem diameters ⌀ > 2½ cm (1 in) (taller than a 🏀︎ basketball hoop or so), have been or are now being killed by parasitic insect emerald ash borer (EAB)  Agrilus planipennis.

We know some homeowners, who for over a decade protect their six adult ash trees through annual treatments.  And on a larger scale, we have heard that some communities do the same.  We have no details on this treatment, but we could find out.

Protect Your Ash Trees from the Devastating Emerald Ash Borer (Fort Worth Botanical Garden).

Native alternatives for ash trees killed by EAB (Missouri Botanical Garden).

Uses by native peoples
(Ethnobotany database)

Like the white ash  Fraxinus americana, makes great baseball bats, 🪓 tool handles, 🪑🗄 furniture and flooring.

Fraxinus hosts caterpillars of 150 species
of butterflies and moths, in some areas.

Learn more about blue ash Fraxinus quadrangulata

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